Packaging Design Admin Assistant

We are recruiting for a Packaging Design Admin Assistant to support the development of Harrods Collections luxury packaging by providing essential design coordination, creative administration, and project support across the seasonal product lifecycle. Please upload a portfolio [PDF document, ensuring the file is less than 5MB] for your application to be considered for this role.

About the Role

As a Packaging Design Admin Assistant, you will provide vital support to the Design team, with a particular focus on Packaging Design, helping to bring Harrods Collection packaging concepts to life from initial research through to final delivery. Working in a fast-paced environment, you will coordinate administrative activities, assist with creative development, and collaborate closely with Design, Buying, Technical, and Merchandising teams to ensure projects remain on track and key deadlines are achieved. You will play an important role in maintaining accurate design documentation, managing supplier communications, and supporting the successful execution of seasonal packaging collections.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the Packaging Designer in developing and delivering packaging collections, including concept boards, colour palettes, artwork updates, and design packs.
• Prepare materials for meetings, presentations, and seasonal reviews, including printing, sample management, board preparation, and note-taking.
• Maintain accurate design documentation, technical packs, online files, reference samples, and presentation materials to ensure information is current and accessible.
• Liaise with suppliers and stakeholders, coordinating samples, materials, print techniques, design information, and project communications.
• Monitor key dates and support cross-functional teams to ensure packaging projects are delivered accurately, efficiently, and on schedule.

Depending on your role, you may be fully on-site or have a mix of on-site and home working – this is what we refer to as ‘Hybrid’. Our hybrid working policy allows colleagues to work from home for part of the week, with a minimum of three days on-site, depending on business needs.

Please see our Hybrid@Harrods policy on our Career Site for more information or speak to a member of our Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions regarding the requirements for this role.

About You

You will be a highly organised and proactive individual who thrives in a creative, fast-moving environment. You enjoy balancing administrative responsibilities with hands-on design support and are confident managing multiple priorities at once. You will be a collaborative team player with strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and a positive, solutions-focused approach. Comfortable working across different stakeholders, you take pride in delivering accurate work and meeting tight deadlines. Most importantly, you will bring enthusiasm, creativity, and a genuine passion for packaging and luxury products.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Previous packaging experience within a luxury brand environment, a qualification in Packaging Design, or equivalent transferable experience.
• Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator and Photoshop, alongside PowerPoint and other presentation tools.
• The ability to translate sketches into digital artwork, create high-quality CAD visuals, and work confidently with packaging design documentation.

About Us

Harrods is one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we’re becoming a destination for top designers, and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world’s most inspiring shopping experiences.

Our Promise to You

Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business.

Uniquely You

Whilst our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role, we would encourage you to apply.

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

If you want to know more about life at Harrods, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods.

Additional Information:

Time Type:

Permanent

Department:

Own Label Buying (Celia Dipple)